afp,  Tue Feb 17 21:50:48 EST 2009

    TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (AFP) - Shopkeeper Subramaniam Sudaharan says he is lucky to be alive after his two teenage sons were shot dead as the family fled Sri Lanka's increasingly brutal war zone. What was left of the devastated family -- he, his wife and a younger boy -- were among 440 war-wounded evacuated from the conflict area to the nearby port of Trincomalee, leaving behind 100,000 people to run the gauntlet to safety. "We came under fire. My two boys aged 14 and 16 were killed. Our younger son and my wife were also hit," Sudaharan told reporters at Trincomalee as he walked off a Red Cross ferry and into a government hospital. "I suffered minor injuries. We are lucky to be able to get out." He accused the Tamil Tiger rebels, saying they were using civilians as cover to launch attacks against government forces, a charge also repeatedly made by the military, international aid agencies and the United Nations.
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This reveals the reality of Tamil Liberators.....

Innocent civilians don't need a separate  state....they need peace....only Tamil terrorists need Eelam (which would never ever be a reality)

LTTE profound genius should let go the civilians even at this stage as the SLA would eventually eliminate Terrorists for sure...

Poor Tamils are harrased by Tamil terrorists (LTTE), Tamil diaspora pls open your eyes and help the SLA to crush the terrorists soon and liberate the Tamil civilians


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